Constant-speed mechanism.



I A. H. P. SGHAAR.

CONSTANT SPEED MECHANISM.

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unrrrnn ,srnrns rATEnir onrron] ADOLPH n. r. SCHAAR, or SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA, .xssroxon TOVUNITED STATES i a 5' f WIRELESS PRINTING TELEGRAPH 00., OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA,.A GOBPORA- t TION OF WASHINGTON.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, AnoLPH H. F. SCHAAR, citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in Con -neither electricity from a local source, as a batterv, nor a spring can be satisfactorily used alone, owing to the extreme variation in the power given off for a length of time sutfi-" ciently long to he of the desired utility. But

I havediscovered that by combining them a substantially uniformspeed may be maintained for any desired length of time. I accomplish this by using a s rin preferably in the form of 'a lin'ality o coi 3 connected together in ten em, and using the power from an electrical battery for rewinding the tuating the circuitbreaker.

spring at stated intervals. TheQspring is provided with means for automatically cutting in and out the battery intermittently, to cause it to exert its force only when desired to actuate the mechanism for rewinding the spring.

In the accompsnyin drawin s which illust-rate one form of mee ianism fbr practicing znyIinvent-ion', Figure 1 is a plan new of the mechanism, Fig. 1 is an end view of the cams and their crating means looking in the direction of tiearrow, Fig. 1. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the circuit breaker and its cams. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section through the spring drums. Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are diagrammatic views showing the rela tivepositions of the operatin cams for ac- Fig. 8, is a diagram of the connections with the batter, circuit breaker and motor.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, the primary motor is represented by two coil springs 1 and 2 which are connected with their respective casings 3 and 4 by screws 5 in the usual manner. The sprin s are mounted on a shaft 6 which is 'ournzi led 111 suitable standards 7',- and one 0 them, as 1 is connected directl with one portion of the 7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. July 13, 1906. Serial No. 326,061.

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Patented. Aug. 4, 1908.

suitable means, as the ordinary screw or shoulder 8, and the other one is similarly connected with a. sleeve 9 which fits upon another portion of the shaft. The sleeve is rig-' idly connected with the casing 3 so as to be rotated thereby and the casing 4 is loosely. mounted thereon so as to be rotated by the spring 2.

A gear wheel 10 is secured to the outer I end .of the casing 4, which transmits power through suitable gearing 11 to a shaft 12 that is connected with the mechanism to be driven, as indicated in dotted lines 13 in Fi 1. .A governor 14 is rovidedfor contro ling the motor and causing the shaft 12 to run at a uniform rate of speed.

The springs are wound by a key 15 to any desired tension after which they are rewound intermittently by means of an electric motor 16. Current issupplied to the motor from 76 a battery 17 and power is transmitted from the motor 16. to shaft 6 throu h suitable gearing 18, the last wheel of whidhis loosely mounted upon the shaft 6 and provided wit a pawl 19 which engages with a ratchet 20 on said shaft. This permits ofthe shaft 6 being rotated by hand to wind up. the springs independently of the electric mot-or. A'ratchet 21 on the shaft 6 engages witha'detent 22 and holds the shaft against reverse rotation after the springs have been wound by either hand or power.

The circuit 23 from the battery to the motor 16 is provided with two terminals 24 and 25 which, are controlled by aatwo armed lever 26 that is mounted in a stand onsupport 27. Onearm of the lever 26 is rovide with an adjustable pin 28 and the ot er arm is adapted to be engaged by the peripheries of two cams 29 and 30. The periphery of one of the cams 30 is recessed to form a plurality of I shoulders 31, two being shown in the drawings, and the other 29 is in the form of teeth 32, two bein shown, the tips of the teeth being preferabfy even with thecani surfaces on the other cam 30- l The cams are actuated by two levers 33 and 34 which are ivotally mounted in the stand 27 and rocket by two eccentrics 35 and 36 and engage res ectively with two ratchet heels 37 and 38 by spring ressed pawls or hooks 39 and 40. Each of the ratchets is connected with one of the cams, an one of the eccentrics, as 36, is rigidly secured to the shaft, which is pre erably enlarged, by any side-of gear wheel l t). Detents 41 are provided for holding the ratchets against rcvcrse motion, only one of which, however, is shown.

in perating my invention it is connected with the mechanism to be actuated and the s nings are wound to the desired tension by iii? i-s'lY. made and the cams 29 and 30 arranged so as to have one of the teeth 32 register with one of the shoulders 31 as shown in Fig. 4, with the circuit open. As the springs unwind the gear wheel it) is slowly IL'\=.d\'(d with the casing 4 which causes its eccentric 'to actuate the lever 33 and thereby rotate the cam 29 through the pawl 39 and ratchet 37. \Yhen the springs have unwound to the de sired extent the cam 29 will have been slowly rotated until one of its teeth 32 will engage with one of the arms of the lever 26 and force it out until the pin 28 in' the other arm closes the circuit through the terminals 24 and 25 shown in Fig. 5. This will cause the motor 16 to start up and thereby rotate the shaft 6 so as to rewind the springs. But as soon as the shaft 6 begins to rotate, the eccentric 36 actuates the lever 34 and causes its pawl 44) to begin to rotate the cam 30 through the ratchet 3S, and, by the time the tooth 32 passes out of engagement with the arm ot' the lever 36 the cam St) will have been rotated to such an extent that the'rccess will be out of register with said arm and the outer surface of the cam will hold the lever 36 in position for closing the circuit, as shown in Fig. 6.

'hen the cams have reached this point the winding mechanism virtually becomes the prune mover or motor, for it mustnot only rotate the shaft 6 agamst the tension of the spring to wind it up but it must hold it against the tendency to reverse rotation caused by theresistance of the load or mechanism that is being driven and which is transmitted through the springs. in this manner the mechanism is not stopped while the spriigs are being wound, and at thtflsanie time the cams are being rotated as above described, but the cam 30 is rotat cd so much faster than the cam 25) that they will assume the position shown in Fig. 7, in which the arm is just ready to-drop oil the shoulder 31, and thereby permit the terminals to so )arate and thus stop the winding motor. W ran this occurs,

he clcctrical connections are then the springs will have been rewound the required amount and the cam 30 will stop its rotation and remain stationary until the cam 29 has been rotated by the unwinding of the springs so as-to cause one of the teeth 3'2 to engage with the arm and rock the lever 26 and thereby close the circuit and rewind the springs as above described.

By this construction a series of springs can teeth, ratchet mechanism for rotating said cams, means on one part of the spring motor for actuating the toothed cam while the sprin is unwinding and means on another part for actuating the recessed cam while the spring is being rewound.

2. In a constant speed mechanism, a shaft. rovided with anjeccentric, a. spring and casingngounted on the shaft, an eccentric on the casing, an electrical motor, cutoutmechanism, two cams for controlling the same. and two levers for actuating the cams, one of said levers bein rocked by the eccentric-on the shaft and the other, one by the eccentric on the s ring casing.

3. in a constant speed mechanism, a shaft provided with an eccentric at one end, a s )ring and easing on the shaft, an eccentric on the casing adjacent to the other eccentric, an electrical motor, cut out mechanism, two cams for controlling the same, a ratchet. wheel connected with each cam, two levels adapted to be rocked by said eccentrics, and a. hook on each lever for engaging with one of said ratchet wheels.

In testimony whereof I have atlixed my signature, in resence of two witnccs, this tenth day of .Iarch 1906.

. ADOLPII H. F. S(,-IIAAR. Witnesses:

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